Historical crime and mysteries Books

A Jane Austen-inspired mystery, set in the world of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, being the fourth novel in the Miss Mary Investigates series.When Mary Bennet befriends Elinor Dashwood, she expects to become part...

The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the...

Lady Gold Takes The Case!Join Mrs. Ginger Reed~aka Lady Gold, her adventurous sister-in-law Felicia, and her curious dog Boss, as they take these new challenging puzzles. Lady Gold Investigates Volume Two presents The Case of the...

To The DouroA young man's decision to fight leads to a war within a war...To love...To loss......and a quest for vengeance, as he plays a vital role for the future Duke of Wellington.The first book in David J Blackmore's 'Wellington's Dragoon' series,...

Murder, mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates.Book 12 in the Heathcliff Lennox seriesTwelve Saints, who are not true saints at all. They are the great and the good, although none are entirely great, nor good - indeed one is a...

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinctionBook 11 of the Heathcliff Lennox seriesA dazzling ball in a rooftop ballroom in one of the most prestigious mansions in the country.Dancing, music, champagne, ravishing ball gowns, priceless jewellery.....

Over the last eighty years, the office of the President of the United States has become more and more powerful, overshadowing both Congress and the Judiciary. It's debatable whether the Founders foresaw this. The Congress is tied up in internecine...

1975. The Vietnam War ends with the Fall of Saigon. John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. In Sacramento, California former Manson girl Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald...

The Bradshaws, who readers first met in Hot Winter Sun, are living a peaceful life in Restoration England, under the gay and clever King Charles II. A season is launched for their unusually beautiful and high-spirited daughter, Julia. However, after an...

It's 1943 and the world is at war. Reporter Nathan Doyle is just back from the European Theater when he's asked to cover the murder of a society blackmailer--a man who, Homicide Detective Matthew Spain believes, Nathan had every reason to want dead.

A bizarre old woman who worships the memory of her lost son. A nun with hidden secrets. A spinster housekeeper with a secret of her own.An angry young man with a troubled past. A neighbor who claims to talk to dead people at seances. Skip Valentine...

A historically accurate work of fiction. This is the first book in the Zuckerman's 2nd trilogy.During the turbulent late 1950s (Eisenhower Era), the New Sentinels are called upon to reveal a hidden plot (Operation Ajax) to topple Iran's Parliamentary...

Family loyalties, deadly feuds, and international drug wars are brought to life in Ninie Hammon's new intergenerational tale inspired by the story of the Cornbread Mafia in rural Kentucky.The year is 1978. Riley Hannacker is running the Cornbread Mafia...

Family loyalties, deadly feuds, and international drug wars are brought to life in Ninie Hammon's new intergenerational tale inspired by the story of the Cornbread Mafia in rural Kentucky.Nobody knows what started the feud between the Hannackers and the...

בעולם של פעם, כשאנשים עשו הכול למען אחרים, למען הכלל, למען אידיאלים נעלים. מתרחש סיפורם המרתק של תושבי קומראן, יישוב מבודד באזור ים המלח שמנסה לשמור על צביונו ועל קיומו בתוך סביבה הולכת ומשתנה, שבה האלימות גוברת, השחיתות מרימה ראש והמוסר נדחק לקרן זווית...

Miss Marple meets Tony Hillerman in Death on the Rio Chiquito New Mexico, 1943: Emily Schwarz, the Anglo teacher at the isolated Pueblo of San Antonito, discovers the corpse of a nineteen-year-old boy, his blood mingling with the muddy waters of the...

Ian Charnock's first novel, The Elementary Cases of Sherlock Holmes, explored some of the detective's early cases from the viewpoint of Stamford, a dresser at Barts hospital and friend of Dr. Watson. In this volume Stamford continues his...

Retired MI6 agent Rodney Mundy goes on a dangerous mission to find a lost holy icon which, if discovered, could be the key to solving one of the bloodiest and most enigmatic episodes of history - the disappearance of the Imperial Family of Russia and the...

Ethel Arsenault's been hearing noises in her brother's house ever since she arrived from Summerside, but when he turns up dead, could the supernatural be to blame, or her sister-in-law Dolly whose been caught talking to herself when night falls? Ethel...

الرِّواية مُستوحاة مِن أحداثِ قصَّةٍ حقيقيَّة وقعَت قبل نزولِ الكُتب السَّماويَّة.بينما كنتُ أفتِّشُ في يومٍ ما بين صفحاتِ التَّاريخ القديم غيرِ المرقَّم، تعثَّرَت أناملي في ورقةٍ مقطوعة منه، فبحثتُ عنها حتَّى وجدتُها قابعةً تحتَ عرشِ الخرافات والأساطير،...

Following the death of her husband, a Saxon Earl more than twice her age, a young Norman lady of noble birth is allowed to return to her home in France. But that journey is fraught with danger. Conspiracy, family secrets, stolen jewellery and a raid by...

"I just need a trusted messenger," Winston Churchill said to me. "President Wilson and Senator Lodge know me and have some small respect for me. They will listen. They must. The ties between the recent terrorist attacks and the current massive labor...

Arabella Stewart and her best friend, Ida Byington, look forward to a long weekend with college girlfriends on a remote Lake Erie island. Bootlegged booze and hidden grievances soon shatter the peace. When a gale knocks out electricity and telephone...

Anna-Marie and Ambrose are in more hot water than a kettle of tea for this anticipated sequel!What do you do when you steal a book from the queen and have it stolen from you?Grovel. At least, that is Ambrose's solution.Anna-Marie doubts it will work but...

"Boss, we have a problem..."It's never good when a party gets interrupted by those five words. Olivia Wainwright, Big Town's District Detective, has a target on her back. Not from her own doing, but simply because of something Alan did before she even...

In 1870 London, the body of a postal clerk is found inside a pneumatic railway car, and surgeon Samson Light has been accused. Tommy Jones must abandon his many jobs to pursue the witness who can exonerate his former tutor. Inspector Morgan of St Giles...

How does the return of a man once thought lost challenge the very fabric of intellect, faith, and redemption? As Sherlock Holmes reemerges from the shadows of Europe to confront both old foes and inner demons, what truths will he and Dr. John Watson...

En la Baja Edad Media, en el corazón del invierno, un guerrero vikingo, derrotado y gravemente herido, es rescatado en las heladas llanuras de Asia por una joven mongola. En medio de la vastedad blanca y bajo cielos cargados de misterio, surge un romance...

Her sweetheart revealed he was once married. Now the other woman has turned up dead. Will her sleuthing show he did the deed?Massachusetts, 1932. Aggie Burnside just got blindsided. Discovering her boyfriend's secret ex-wife has completely sent her whole...

n isolated mansion, an eccentric host, squabbling siblings, and a snowstorm. What could possibly go wrong?Young nurse Aggie Burnside and her doctor boyfriend are asked for a holiday weekend in a remote mansion in Vermont to calm the nerves of the...

Nobody is thrilled when a medium has moved into town. But her presence doesn't compare to the chaos that ensues after the murder of a prominent man. Can a curious nurse with a nose for detection solve who did it? Nurse Aggie Burnside and her doctor...

The enticing and stately façade of the English Boarding School promises a place of enchanting wonder for its young residents. Its perfectly manicured playing fields, the quaint 'chocolate bar' courtyard, and the mysterious ancient oak wood create a...

Nurse Aggie Burnside is looking forward to a quiet vacation at a beach house in Morgan's Cove, Maine. But neighbors quarrel, old feuds erupt and someone dies. Can this amateur sleuth sift through the strands of deception to solve the crime? Massachusetts...

In a world where secrets are currency and betrayal lurks in every shadow, "The Seventh Element" takes readers on a pulse-pounding journey through the dark underbelly of power and corruption. Dive into a world where the past and present collide, where...

Tempers flare at the Garden Fair. But it's not about the floral competition. Politics and a land dispute cultivate a murder. Can she weed through the lies before someone else dies? Massachusetts, 1932. Aggie Burnside volunteers for what she thinks is a...

She has a gift . . . and they want to kill her for it."The moon was the only witness to the madness Thomas and I were doing."Friends in love + Secret relationship + Second chance + Secrets and lies + Family secrets + Mystery and dangerAmidst the elegance...

The Valentine Ball, the glittering social event of 1932 Boston. Who would want to spoil a debutante cotillion with a murder? Nurse Aggie Burnside goes to Boston to assist her cousin Amanda with the final touches on the dazzling debutante presentation to...

Aggie is hired to be a private nurse to an ailing millionaire's wife. But she's not the one who dies. The couple is ensconced in a mansion in the small town to evade their enemies in the city. The marriage is anything but happy and she grows attached to...

CLASSIFIED: Missing German Spy Found in U.S.CODENAME: Ghost/Geist New Year's 1950A message from British Intelligence warns of a wanted German spy hiding in Lake Tahoe. He fled arrest at the end of WWII and now he's working as a dangerous hired gun...

"The Ocean Cat's Paw" by George Manville Fenn is an adventure novel set in the high seas. The story revolves around young protagonists who embark on a thrilling journey filled with maritime challenges. As they sail, they encounter a series of obstacles...

In "The Yellow Hunter; or, The Winding Trail of Death," by T. C. Harbaugh, readers are thrust into an exhilarating adventure centered around the enigmatic figure known as the Yellow Hunter. This character embarks on a perilous journey through a...

The Bells of San Juan is a fascinating story of greed, revenge and unsuspected love set in a small town of California. Many lives will alter as a result of the imminent threat of revolution in Mexico, whether for the better or worse! Excerpt: "Ignacio...